6/23/2025 - MORE Sierra update: Sierra clients will update on Tuesday morning (6/24). Sierra, the online catalogs, and Libby will be unavailable late tonight (6/23). Following the update, please report problems via the IFLS HelpDesk
Thanks to Jill Patchin at the public library in Eau Claire for this review (the above photo is from a baby storytime at the library, where I’m sure these CDs will come in handy!)We recently got a set of new cds from The LearningGroove. I found them this...
Rave reviews from Plum City and Pepin for Dino from Nature’s Niche:Christy says: “Dino, from Nature’s Niche provided an educational and fun program on the benefits of the rainforest and the importance of protecting it. To help...
Georgia from New Richmond sent in this dreamy description of the summer transformation at the library: “We decided to decorate using a dreamy nighttime theme this summer. Decorating for the summer program can be challenging, depending on the theme. When I heard...
Thanks to rookie Kris Farley, the new youth services librarian in Ladysmith, there was a whole lot of creating going on in Ladysmith this summer! The town is much more attractive because of it, I’m sure, and folks turned out in record numbers to...
The population in Hawkins, WI: 302, give or take a few.The number of kids involved in the summer library program: 51Wow! “Keeping children reading over the summer and having fun while doing it, is always the main focus. Having the library filled...
Pint-Size Polkas: best so far this year in Eau Claire!Shelly Collins Fuerbringer says: “I just had to drop you a note and tell you what FUN Pint-Size Polkas was last week for our Wednesday performance. Mike was just so, so nice to work...
Patti Blount is the director at the Durand Community Library, one of the few public/school combination libraries in the state. How long have you been at the Durand Public Library? What did you do before that? I have been director of the Durand Public...
Thanks to Marge Loch Wouters over at Tiny Tips for Library Fun for the suggestion of checking out Ten Favorite Baby Storytime Plans from Melissa Depper’s Mel’s Desk blog. Mel’s Desk has all sorts of other excellent posts about storytime for the...
Registration is now open for International Games Day @ Your Library, which will take place Saturday, November 3. International Games Day @ Your Library is a celebration of communities coming together to play at the library, and includes chances for libraries to...
Becky Arenivar is the Program Librarian at the Prescott Public Library. She is one of IFLS’s trainers for The Wakanheza Project, she’s running for the board of directors for the Youth Services Section of the Wisconsin Library Association, and...
Cole Zrostlik, youth services librarian at both St. Croix Falls and Milltown, has received an Ezra Jack Keats mini-grant for the St. Croix Falls Public Library. The Ezra Jack Keats mini-grants are $500 grants for projects that “foster creative expression,...
I had a great talk with Mary Davis from the Hudson Area Joint Library yesterday. Last year, they had a disappointing turnout for the expensive performers they hired, and this year she decided to hire fewer performers and look to volunteers to provide special...
